Dirigible headlight.



G. SCHMITT.

DIRIGIBLE HEADLIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 27, 1911.

1,050,237. Patented Jan. 14,1913.

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G. SOHMITT.

1111111111313 HEADLIGHT. I APPLICATION FILED 11017.27, 1911.

Patented Ja11.14,1913.

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Application filed November 27, 1911. Serial No. 662,588.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, GEORGE SoHMrr'r, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Glenmont, in the county of Albany and State of NewYork,'have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in DirigibleHeadlights, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to dirigiblefi headlights, and the object of. myinvention is to provide a headlight adapted to be placed on anautomobile and to be moved simultaneously with the change in directionof the machine, governed by the direction of movement of the wheels, orwhich {my be held rigidly in position when desired; together with suchelements and combinations as are hereinafter more particularly set forthand claimed.

l-accomplish these objects by means of the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a side elevation partly in section, showing the lamp postout of gear. Fig. 2 is a front elevation partly in section. Fig. 3 is aplan of the gear. Fig. 4 shows an elevatidn of plain lamp post andstandard on opposite side of car which is controlled by the movements ofthe lamp post shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a plan of the lever disk, 8.Figfi is a plan of the plate, 9. Fig. 7 is a plaaof the link, 10. Fig. 8is a.

plan of link, V. Fig. 9 is a plan showing the position of the lockingdevice when the lamp is held rigidly in position. Fig. 10 is a planshowing the osition of the locking device when the rigi connectingdevice has been broken. Fig. .11 is a plan showing the position of thelocking device when the ramp post is in gear with the wheels Fig. 12 isa general view, with parts omitted, showing' the osition ofthe lamps oneach side of the mac ine connected ogether and adapted .o

be-movedsimultaneously with the Wheels.

Similar letters: refer to similar parts throughouttheseveral views.

.. .The lanr pB mounted with n a "standard," 1

' :by: bolts passing 1. through suitable ears, "C, to the chassis, *D, 1

of the machine. Attached to the lamp post,

the standard, B, by balls, F, making an antifriction bearing, butprovided with a flange,

b, which projects over the end of thest-and-.

ard, B, and pre ents dust from entering between the plate and upper edgeof the'st-and-- ard. The plate, E, is provided with. ,an

arm. G, to which isattac-hedoneend of the rod, H, which extends acrossthe machine and is there connected with a similar arm,

72., on the plate,.e. The plate, E, has a recess, J, extending from itsunderside into the plate, adapted to receive a locking bolt, K, whichbolt when inserted will prevent .a movement of the plate, E, andtherefore. of the lamp post, A, .to which it is. attached.

In the standard, B, Imount a crank shaft, I, provided with two offsets,M, N. T0 the crank shaft, L, at the offset, ill-,1 attach the link, 10,secured to-the boltQK. At the offset, N, tothe crank shaft, L, I attachthe link, 11, connecting with the stud, O.' On the squared end of thecrank shaft, L, extending beyond the standard, B, I place the leverdisk, 8, which has a square opening therethrough for the reception ofthe similarlv formed end of thecrank shaft, but-permitting areciprocatory"motion of the lever disk on the crank shaft.- The leverdisk, 8,

provided with a lever arm, 12-. restszagainst the plate, 9, throughwhichlhe crankshaft, L, passes and which is preferably provided with acollar, 13, inserted in the opening of the standard, B, as shown inFig. 1. On the face of the lever disk, 8,1 place a projecting rib, 14,extending transversely thereof andadapted to engage in noel-respondingsl0t, 15, in the plate,29. I Resting against-the disk, 8, and a ainst anut; -,16,"v on-theendo he crank sha t, L,'=i's"a 'spiral springal ethe'resiliency of which 't'ends' ikcep iheftdisk, 8, in engagement with' theplate, 9. The two lock nuts, A, on the end of lamp post, A, are for thepurpose of takin'g n p all lost motion due to wear;

The-stud, O, is rovidecl with a: groove, P,

re 'isterin with t e cove, P, inthe ear u n a E, into w 'ich "groovesnpim'p, isfitt'ed to insnre the mdvementrof gean R, With-that of thestud,' O.'"I-lr'grough the stn'd, O, I

placea pity-T, againstwlnch oneend offthc springs, tyrest andfwhoseexpeiided I in endeavoring to lift the stud, O, to balance themechanism, as shown in Fig. 2.

The springs, t, may be mounted on a suitable pin, 23, or in any suitablemanner.

The gear, It, is preferably constructedas shown in Fig. 8, in which ahorizontal disk portion, 1, is provided with the rals'ed, roundedportions, 7 r and r spaced equally from each other and raised above thedisk portion, 2'. On the lamp post, A, 1s a gear in the form of a disk,a, provided with projecting arms, a, a a and a so arranged in referenceto the projections, r, r and a on the gear, R, that the points willengage the projections readily without jar or hesitation. The arms, a, abeing preferably pointed and formed to make connection smoothly betweenthem and the projections and without any lost motion.

Attached to the'gear, R, is a stud, V, to which is secured a link, Vattached to the rodflV, which has at its end a coupling, X, which issecured to the wheel knuckle, not shown. By this arrangement of thecoupling,"rod, link, stud, and gear the direction of the movement of thewheelwill be communicated to the lamp post which will be rotatedthereby. 7-;

lVhen the position of'the lever disk, 8, and lever arm, 12, attachedthereto is such that the bolt, K, is inserted into the recess, J, in theplate, E, the stud, 0, will be so acted upon by the link, 11, andoffset, N, that the gear, R, will be away from the gear, a, and as aconsequence the lamp post and lamp secured thereto will be held rigidlyin position in connection with the chassis of the machine. ,VVhen thelever arm, 12, is moved to the position indicated by the parts shown inFig. 10, the bolt, K, will be with drawn from the plate, E, but thestud, O, has not yet been raised suiiiciently to bring the gear inconnection with that on the lamp post.'- A further movement of the leverarm, 12, will place the locking parts in the position shown in Fig. 11,in which the bolt, K,

is out of connection with the plate, E, and the stud, O, has brought thegear, R, in register with the gear, a. In this position the lamp post,A, is moved by the changed direction of the movement of the wheels ofthe car; When in this position the rib, 14,

on the lever disk, 8, is in register with the groove, 15, on the plate,9, and the lever disk; 8, is held in connection with the plate, 9, by.the spring, 17, thereb preventing an unintentional movement of t e leverarm, 12.

When the operator desires to break connection between the gears, hesimply moves the lever arm, 12, in a direction opposite to what he doesin making the connection and the gear, R, will be thrown out of engagemeat with the gear, a, after which a furtherI-m'ovement of the lever armwill cause the bolt; K, to enter the recess, J, and lock the plate, E.

By my arrangement lamps so placed that they will cause a light to bethrown in the direction in which the machine is going, even when makinga curve, and as soon as the wheels are turned, which of course is verydesirable especially when traveling on a comparatively unknown road. Ican also by my invention disconnect the lamp post from the wheels sothat in the daytime the lamps will not be subjected to this movement.

The bent rods, 20, may be used for supporting ,the lamps (not shown) onthe plates, E and c.

-This application ditlersfrom my application filed December 28th, 1910,and which was allowed August 18th, 1911, among other I am able to havethe things in that I have provided here a step I by step rotatable meansfor locking the lamp post and for breaking engagement with the gearconnecting the lamp post with the wheel knuckle.-

That I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a dirigible headlight, the combination of a lamp post; a standardin which the lamp post rotates; a gear on said lamp post; a plateattached to said lamp post; ball bearings between said plate and theupper portion of said standard; a rod carrying a gear adapted to meshwith the gear on said lamp post; step by step"rotatable means forlocking said plate and breakin engagement with the gear on the rod anthat on the lamp post and conversely.

2. A dirigible headlight comprising a lamp post; means for locking saidlamp post rigidly in position; a gear attached to said lamp post; a'rod;a gear attached to said rod; means for connecting said rod with thewheel knuckle; means for step by step bringing said two gears intoengagement and unlocking said lamp post.

3. A dirigible headlight comprising a lamp post; means for mounting saidlamp post so'that it may be rotated; a gear carried by said lamp post; aplate attached to said lamp post; a rod; a gear connected therewith;means connecting said rod to the wheel knuckle; means for looking orunlocking said plate and by a separate, independent, progressivemovement disc0nnectmg the two said mentioned gears or making connectionbetween them, substantially as described. i r A 7 4. A dirigibleheadlight comprising a lamp post; a standard in which the same ismounted; a gear attached to the said lamp post; a plate attachedthereto; ball bearings between said plate, and vsaid standard; a crankshaft; means 0 erated by said crank shaft for locking sai plate; a gear;a rod -con'neeti0ns with said locking-device and ,7

to whiohit is attached means; for bringing same direction said gearsWill be brought said last mentioned 'gear in connection. with i'ntomesh, substantially as described. 10 the gear on said lamp post by theoperation, In testimony vwhereof I have afiixcd my of saidcrankshaft;said crank shaft iand signature in presence of two Witnesses.

' A v GEGRGE SOHMITT'. gear so arranged that by a partial otationWitnesses: of the cr'ank'fshaft said plate will beoome f ILOTTIE PRIOR,ilnloeked and; by a flirt-hep rotation inthe' BEULAH CABLE.

Duplex ,0! this patent m be obtained for -five cents each; by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

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